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The pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. is ending a long-term agreement to supply a lifesaving vaccine for children in West Africa. At the same time, the company has started sending the vaccine to China, where it will likely be sold for a much higher price.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region has launched the first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge calling for health innovations with the potential for having significant social impact and addressing the unmet health needs on the continent.
“This Innovation Challenge recognizes the critical need for innovations to address...

Merck Foundation marked the “World Diabetes Day” themed ‘The Family and Diabetes’ on 14th November 2018. Merck Foundation to provide One Year on-line Post-graduate Diploma in Diabetes Management from UK to the winners of the Merck Diabetes Award 2017.

Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has signed an agreement with World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Office for Africa worth 3 million USD, on the sidelines of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH).
The funding is a significant boost to ongoing efforts by the Expanded Special Project for Elimination...

Mental illness puts young people at risk of infection and makes them less likely to seek care, says King’s College London’s Melanie Abas.
Over the last two decades, the world has made huge gains in the control of the HIV epidemic. But now, these gains are at risk of...

An emergency use authorization (EUA) has been issued for a rapid, single-use test for the detection of Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus) by the US FDA today (Nov. 9th 2018).
This is the second Ebola rapid antigen fingerstick test available under EUA, but the first that uses a portable...

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